Holy Roman Empire

Chapter 47 The First Italian-Austrian War

On March 27, 1848, the Vienna government announced the abolition of local tariffs and prohibited local governments from collecting tariffs in any name. The Hungarian representative in Vienna fell on the spot.

Do n’t be surprised. Although the Hungarians proposed to abolish local tariffs in their conditions, their request was for Austria to unilaterally abolish, not to say that Hungary would also waive the Austrian tariffs.

Otherwise, there is no need to argue about this issue at all. As early as the 1795 Maria Reform period, it proposed to abolish local tariffs. By 1848, it had been abolished elsewhere.

Hungary has continued this tariff due to obstruction by interest groups.The truth of the matter and the publicity of the outside world are basically two concepts, and the spring and autumn brushwork is also applicable in Europe.

Otherwise, it is not necessary to wait until the Hungarian Revolution was suppressed before the Vienna government abolished customs duties with Hungary.

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A wave after another wave!

The problems in the Czech Republic have not yet been resolved. Another bad news reached Vienna, and the Kingdom of Sardin declared war on Austria!

On the evening of March 23, Sardinian King Charlie Albert issued a speech on the square of the Royal Palace to declare war on Austria. Because of the war, the news reached Vienna on the 27th.

"Have we sent the reinforcements to Marshal Radkis?" Franz asked

After the suppression of the Vienna rebellion, the Austrian government transferred 50,000 troops to reinforce Marshal Radkis.

This was originally prepared by Franz in response to the war with the Kingdom of Sardinia. Otherwise, to suppress the Austrian-Italian rebellion alone, no reinforcements are needed.

If there is no reinforcements, it is estimated that as in history, Marshal Radsky, with a small army and the Italians, will wait until the domestic reinforcements arrive before defeating the Italians.

The situation is different now. The rebellion in Vienna was suppressed ahead of time. The rebellion in other places has not yet erupted, and Austria still has power to invest in the Italian battlefield.

"The afternoon before yesterday, I arrived in the Venice area, and now I have begun to suppress the rebellion!" Felix said with a sullen face

A small kingdom of Sardinia dared to come over to challenge Austria at this time, which was simply ground breaking at Tai Sui.

Franz shook his head. This time the Italians were against Austria. It was not just a kingdom of Sardinia. The Papal State, the Principality of Tuscany, and the Kingdom of Naples all participated in the war forced by public opinion.

The Austrian embassies in the Italian states have all heard news that they need to strengthen their security in the country.

"Subpoena to Marshal Radkis, let him watch the fight, where is the fight, if he needs reinforcements, let him wait another month!" Franz thought and said

He did not intend to discuss with the cabinet about military issues. These people are laymen, and military literacy is estimated to be inferior to him.

The risk of an outsider leading an insider is too great. After the revolution broke out, the telegraph lines in Vienna and Italy were damaged.

Franz is not clear about the specifics of the Italian battlefield. The only thing he can do now is to delegate power and do logistical support for Marshal Radkis.

Historically, he suppressed the Italian rebellion and defeated the troops of the Italian states. Now Austria has a greater advantage and has no reason to lose.

Since the suppression of the Vienna rebellion, the Austrian government has been expanding its armaments and preparing for war. In addition to suppressing the revolution, it also fears that foreign forces will take advantage of the fire.

Sometimes Franz really wanted to send troops directly to the nobles and capitalists who might have rebelled, and then carried out a land reform, and everything was solved.

Unfortunately, this is impossible. Even the nobles who participated in the rebellion must be handed over to the noble council. What's more, those who have not yet rebelled?

As of now, there are only twelve rebel nobles executed by the noble council. The crime is actually to kill the nobles by virtuous means, trying to get through the border and seize their title!

Well, Franz has nothing to say, this is the result of Grand Duke Louis's painstaking efforts in the aristocracy because of the loss of his son.

Of course, Franz did not do nothing. At least the 28 nobles who were determined to be heirs, all property was temporarily nationalized, and all heirs of the side branch could not inherit the title until they proved that they had nothing to do with their murder. .

Unfortunately, this is an unsolved problem, as long as you apply for succession to the title, you have a motive for committing the crime.

You did not participate in the rebellion, did your relatives and friends participate?It's really not possible. Your neighbors have participated, perhaps someone you know has participated, and they can't dispel your suspicion.

Franz did not make the head bird himself, and determined that they had the right to elute the suspicion to the noble council. As long as the nobles who can exceed eight layers all believe that you are not suspected and are the legal first heir, they can inherit the title.

The relationship between nobles is too chaotic. There are a lot of relatives with inheritance rights. Everyone has the problem of red eye disease. It is difficult to solve the internal problems.

As long as it proves that there is a problem with the first heir, then it is the turn of the title and the second heir.

Because of the marriage of nobles, the first heir and the second heir are often not one family, and may even be hostile, which is even more difficult.

No one has a bunch of relatives and friends. It is difficult for them to inherit the title, but it is not difficult to prevent others from inheriting the title.

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"His Royal Highness, if all the Italian nations participate in the war, I am afraid that the strength of Marshal Radkis will be insufficient. Should we send another support soldier from elsewhere?" Felix suggested

"The Italians are not monolithic. The soldiers they sent out only because of public opinion are estimated to be bargaining one by one.

I guess they will only attack if the Revolutionary Party agrees to merge with them.

In the Italian region, we have already deployed 40,000 troops, plus these 50,000 troops, not to mention defeating the enemy, but it will not be a problem to deal with the enemy for a while.

The current domestic form is also unstable. If we continue to deploy our troops and we will be exhausted if rebellion breaks out in other regions.

You can tell Marshal Radkis, don't care about the gains and losses of one city and one place, as long as you can finally win, even if you lose some places now."

Franz still resisted the temptation to quickly defeat the Italians and chose to play steadily.

Marshal Radkis had no preparation in history. In the case that the Vienna government ordered to abandon Italy, they could continue to fight. Now there is no reason to lose if they get reinforcements.

Franz had no idea about the combat effectiveness of the Austrian army, but he was relieved to think about the record of the Italian army.

Austria and Italy have fought so many times in history. Except that the original owner personally commanded and the French-Italian coalition PK lost, at other times, Austria hanged Italy, including the decayed Austro-Hungarian Empire, which can also hang Italy. .